My last name is Grant because my Father’s last name is Grant. No matter how I feel, the fact remains, I am a Grant. So it is for a child of God. Whether you feel it or not, you have died with Christ and have been raised into new life with Him. Paul sums up the Christian life in Galatians 2:20 when he says, “I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.” The life of a Christian is to say, “I live no longer, but Christ lives His life in me.” God has made a way through His Son, Jesus, for every need, every fear, every insecurity, and every longing to find its answer in Him.   

The enemy’s greatest attack on Christians is in their identity as children of God. He knows the ineffectiveness of a Christian man or woman who does not know who they are in Christ. If the enemy can get us to think, “Tomorrow I will try harder to do better at my prayers.” Or, “Tonight, I will read my Bible for a longer period of time.” Or, “I blew up at my coworker today, so I don’t think I can come before God in prayer tonight,” then he has got us along the wrong line of thinking.  

What should be our basis of approach to God? I can either come to God on uncertain ground based on how I feel about how well I “achieved” for Him today, or I can come to God in a much more secure way, standing under the blood of Jesus, knowing God is fully satisfied with the work Jesus performed on the cross for me. Because God accepts what Jesus did in my place, He accepts me. I can come before God in boldness solely on the basis that Jesus’ blood covers me. The blood of Jesus removes the barrier, and restores me to right relationship to God. Whether I had a good day or a bad day, I can come boldly to the throne of my Heavenly Father because He sees the blood of Jesus over me. This is where my identity is found.